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Preparing for the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack - By Kevin Freeman

Wednesday, 08 April 2015

6:00 - 9:00 PM

You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Mr. Kevin Freeman; one of the world’s leading experts on the issues of Economic Warfare and Financial Terrorism.

Topic: Preparing for the Coming Cyber-Economic Attack

Date: Wednesday April 8, 2015

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby

Bio: Kevin D. Freeman, CFA, is founder of the National Security Investment Consultant (NSIC) Institute and CEO of Freeman Global Holdings, LLC, which offers economic warfare consulting and investment management services to High Net Worth and Institutional clients. Prior to establishing his own firm, Kevin Freeman wrote a business plan for Sir John Templeton in 1990 and helped build the Templeton Private Client Group from inception to managing nearly $2.5 billion in less than a decade.

Kevin Freeman is considered one of the world’s leading experts on the issues of Economic Warfare and Financial Terrorism. He has consulted for and briefed members of both the U.S. House and Senate, present and past CIA, DIA, FBI, SEC, Homeland Security, the Justice Department, as well as local and state law enforcement. His research has been presented in critical DoD studies on Economic Warfare, Iran, and Weapons of Mass Destruction. He has traveled extensively with research trips to Russia and China and throughout Europe and the Americas. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy; a Contributing Editor to The Counter Terrorist magazine; Trustee at Oklahoma Wesleyan University; and a member of the Advisory Board of Liberty Institute.

Game Plan: How to Protect Yourself from the Coming Cyber-Economic attack is his third book and has been listed as an Amazon Bestseller. His 2012 book, Secret Weapon: How Economic Terrorism Brought Down the U.S. Stock Market and Why it Can Happen Again made the NY Times Bestseller list.

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Global terrorism is changing world markets, national security and human rights - By Lisa Daftari

Monday, 16 March 2015

6:00 - 9:00 PM

You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Ms. Lisa Daftari; Fox News Award-Winning investigative journalist focusing on foreign affairs with expertise in the Middle East and counter-terrorism.

Topic: Global terrorism is changing world markets, national security and human rights

Date: Monday March 16, 2015

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby

Bio: Lisa Daftari is a Fox News award-winning investigative journalist focusing on foreign affairs with expertise in the Middle East and counterterrorism. She regularly appears on television and radio with commentary and analysis, providing exclusive reporting on vital developments in the region. Currently, she is an on-air Fox News political analyst and has previously been featured on CBS, NBC, PBS, the Washington Post, NPR, ABC, Voice of America, and others. Lisa has been interviewed in Spanish, English and Persian.

Lisa’s areas of expertise and coverage include the Middle East and North Africa, terrorism, national security, the Arab Spring, global Christian persecution, human rights, cyber security and more. Lisa was invited to show her documentary film about an Iranian underground political movement in Congress. She frequently is called upon to give briefs and expert testimony for government and private entities. Lisa has worked for a number of think tanks in Washington, where she has written exclusive reports for the Pentagon and other government groups.

Before joining Fox, Lisa worked as a producer in the investigative unit at NBC in Los Angeles.

In 2006 Lisa was invited to show her documentary thesis film following an Iranian political youth movement to a subcommittee of Congress. Lisa holds a masters degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California and completed her undergraduate degree in Middle East studies, Spanish and vocal performance at Rutgers University.

She is fluent in Farsi and Spanish and is an avid opera singer and pianist.

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Doing Business and Making Policy in a World Aflame: Current Hot Spots, Future Foreign Threats, and Washington's Uncertain Solutions - By Doug Bandow

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

6:00 - 9:00 pm

You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Mr. Doug Bandow; Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, former associate at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Institute for Policy Innovation, and Heritage Foundation and former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

Topic: Doing Business and Making Policy in a World Aflame: Current Hot Spots, Future Foreign Threats, and Washington's Uncertain Solutions

Date: Wednesday November 26, 2014

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby

Bio: Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He is a former associate at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Institute for Policy Innovation, and Heritage Foundation, and served as a Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan.

A columnist for Forbes online, he previously was a columnist for antiwar.com, a nationally syndicated columnist with Copley News Service, and editor of the monthly political magazine Inquiry.

Doug has been widely published in such periodicals as Time, Newsweek, and Fortune, as well as leading newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. He contributes regularly to National Interest online, the Huffington Post, the American Spectator online, the Daily Caller, and other online publications.

He has written several books, including Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire (Xulon Press), The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (Transaction); Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in Changed World (Cato); The Politics of Plunder: Misgovernment in Washington (Transaction), and Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).

He received his B.S. in Economics from Florida State University in 1976 and his J.D. from Stanford University in 1979. He is a member of the California and Washington, D.C. bars.

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Threading Our Way Through Today's National Security Chaos - By James Woolsey

Tuesday, 09 September 2014

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Mr. James Woolsey;former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), chairman of the board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Venture Partner with Lux Capital Management.

Topic: Threading Our Way Through Today's National Security Chaos.

Date: Tuesday September 9, 2014

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby

Bio: Ambassador R. James Woolsey, a former Director of Central Intelligence, chairs the board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and is a Venture Partner with Lux Capital Management.

Ambassador Woolsey also currently chairs the Advisory Board of the Opportunities Development Group and the Strategic Advisory Group of Paladin Capital. He previously was a venture partner and senior advisor with VantagePoint Venture Partners.

In 2009 he was the Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and in 2010-2011 was a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.

From 2002-2008 Mr. Woolsey was a Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Virginia, specializing in energy and security issues, and prior to that a partner with Shea & Gardner in Washington D.C., specializing in commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation).

He practiced at the law firm for 22 years on four different occasions and served in the U.S. Government 5 times for 12 years, holding Presidential appointments in 2 Republican and 2 Democratic administrations.

In addition to serving as DCI, he was ambassador to and chief negotiator for the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty (1989-91), General Counsel of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Under Secretary of the Navy.

He has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards, including as a Trustee of Stanford University and as a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.

He speaks publicly and contributes articles to national newspapers and other major periodicals on such issues as national security, energy, foreign affairs and intelligence.

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The Murder of the Middle Class: How to Save Yourself and Your Family from the Criminal Conspiracy of the Century - By Wayne Allyn Root -

Thursday, 17 July 2014

6:00 - 9:00 pm

You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors Board Of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Mr. Wayne Allyn Root; CEO, serial entrepreneur, defender of capitalism and champion of the middle class and small business.

Topic: The Murder of the Middle Class: How to Save Yourself and Your Family from the Criminal Conspiracy of the Century

Date: Thursday July 17, 2014

Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby

Bio: While the media have dubbed Wayne Allyn Root as “THE CAPITALIST EVANGELIST” , Wayne is a former Libertarian Presidential candidate and the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee.

A media dynamo- with over 6000 appearances on TV and radio in the past 6 years alone, Wayne's political columns are read by millions at places like FoxNews.com, Forbes.com, Marketwatch.com and TheBlaze.com.

But first and foremost Wayne is a CEO, serial entrepreneur, defender of capitalism and champion of the middle class and small business. Most importantly, Wayne will always be a S.O.B. (son of a butcher).

Wayne has written 9 books including the national bestseller, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide” which hit #1 in three categories at Amazon and opened at #1 in bookstores nationwide in April 2013, staying in the Top 5 for 10 consecutive weeks. It finished the year 2013 as one of the Top 10 bestselling political hardcovers of the year.

Wayne is considering a run for United States Senate as a Republican in his home state of Nevada against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2016.

Wayne's newest blockbuster book will be out this July 14th…"The Murder of the Middle Class."

Come and enjoy our Event of the Year with Wayne.

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You are cordially invited on behalf of the Financial Policy Council’s Board of Directors Board Of Directors, to our next Financial Policy Council private briefing with Dr. Yaron Brook, Economist, Author and Entrepreneur.

Location: The Graduate Center / CUNY at 365 Fifth Avenue at The Elebash Recital Hall – On the main floor of the building and on the left as you enter into the main lobby –

Bio: Dr. Yaron Brook is the executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute.

He is a columnist at Forbes.com, and his articles have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, and many other publications.

Dr. Brook is a frequent guest on national radio and television programs and is a co-author of Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea and a contributing author to Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism.

He is also co-author with ARI fellow Don Watkins of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government.

A former finance professor, he speaks internationally on such topics as the causes of the financial crisis, the morality of capitalism, ending the growth of the state, and U.S. foreign policy.

Dr. Brook was born and raised in Israel. He served as a first sergeant in Israeli military intelligence and earned a BSc in civil engineering from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel.

In 1987 he moved to the United States, where he received his MBA and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Texas at Austin and became an American citizen in 2003.

For seven years Dr. Brooks was an award-winning finance professor at Santa Clara University, and in 1998 he co-founded a financial advisory firm, BH Equity Research, of which he is presently managing director and chairman.

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Private Regulation as an alternative to Government Regulation. - Some Food For Thought - By Dr. Edward Stringham

Monday, 18 November 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Dr. Edward Stringham is a professor of economics and entrepreneurship. He is past president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise, editor of two books, and author of more than two dozen articles in refereed journals, including Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics, and Public Choice. His most recent book, Private Governance, will be published by Oxford University Press.

Dr. Stringham has been discussed on more than 100 broadcast stations, including CBS, CNBC, CNN, FOX Headline News, NPR, and MTV. He has also been featured in hundreds of newspapers worldwide such as Time Magazine, 14 of the 20 highest circulating newspapers in the United States and the highest circulating English language newspaper in the world. His work has been the subject of discussion by Entertainment Tonight’s Leeza Gibbons and has inspired a cartoon by Jeff Danziger, New York Times Syndicated Political Cartoonist.

Dr. Stringham earned his doctorate in economics from George Mason University in 2002. He won several awards including The Templeton Culture of Enterprise Best Article Award, Paper of the Year Award from the Association of Private Enterprise, Best Article Award from the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics and the Foundation for Economic Education, Distinguished Young Scholar Award from the Liberalni Institut and the Prague School of Economics, and Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award from the School of Business and Economics at Fayetteville State University.

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Can Our Tax Code be Transformed from a Tool for Redistribution, to an Engine for Economic Growth? - By Scott A. Hodge

Thursday, 05 September 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Scott A. Hodge is President of the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., and is recognized as one of Washington's leading thinkers on tax and fiscal policy. During his tenure, the Tax Foundation has more than doubled in size and become one of the most influential organizations on tax policy in Washington and in state capitals.

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Entrepreneurism - The Secret Formula for Making the Future World a Better Place - By Morty Davis

Thursday, 18 July 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

J. Morton Davis is owner and Chairman of D.H. Blair Investment Banking Corp., a New York City investment bank established in 1904 and leading investor in and advisor to emerging entrepreneurial and growth companies, where he actively heads the day-to-day corporate finance activities. Investment banker, entrepreneur, investment analyst, economist, and venture capitalist, Mr. Davis is Wall Street personified. The over 400 companies for which he has raised more than $3 billion over the years have created a countless number of jobs and have added exciting new products including breakthrough drugs, unique electronic and telecommunications products and have resulted in immeasurable productivity to the American economy. Few people on Wall Street possess his rare brand of financial expertise. Fewer still are as successful.

Mr. Davis has served on the Boards of Research! America, Foundation for Future Generations, and the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge. He also served on the Board of trustees of Yeshiva University and on the Board of Sy Syms School of Business. Mr. Davis is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and honors, including the Synagogue Council of America’s Covenant of Peace Award, the Republican Party’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Intrepid Museum’s Freedom Award. In 2011, The International Center for Autism Research & Education honored Mr. Davis’ lifetime of achievements in a special tribute luncheon in the U.S. Capitol.

Mr. Davis has written two books, the most recent of which, From Hard Knocks to Hot Stocks, received flattering reviews from some of America’s most prominent business and economic leaders.

A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Mr. Davis received his A.B in Economics, magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College in 1957 and his M.B.A, with distinction, from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1959.

He resides in Lawrence, New York with his wife Rozi, and is never very far from his four daughters, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

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Why Washington is so dysfunctional and how we solve that serious problem permanently. - By Tom Rossman

Monday, 15 April 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Tom Rossman has spent his career investigating
how people around the world can think and interact more effectively. As a young executive in finance, he was an early champion of emerging markets,
investing in newly emerging Latin America, China and Asian markets far ahead of
the crowd.

Following Communism's collapse, Mr. Rossman took key role at the leading
Turkish Investment Bank, Global Securities, in bringing American capital and
investment to the developing markets of the Former Soviet Union, Eastern
Europe, Turkey and North Africa. By assisting in the privatization
process, he became an important link between Western capital and know-how in
the early stages of modernizing these formerly closed economic
systems.

First as an institutional advisor, then as an independent
consultant, Mr. Rossman continued to advocate the sustainable development of democratic
and stable free market insitutions, and expanding economic opportunity
throughout the region. More recently, he has provided a similar role
to family holding companies and financial companies in the Middle East seeking
to most effectively navigate through the volatility of the current financial
crisis.

Mr. Rossman has spoken at conferences around the
world on these topics in diverse places such as London, New York, Istanbul,
Baku, Almaty, Bishkek, Tashkent, Stockholm, Washington DC and Houston and has
lived in Turkey and Kuwait. He studied religion and history at Nyack
College and did his master's work in international relations at the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy.

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Countering the Assault on Capitalism and Defending the Market in an Anti-Market World - By Fred Smith

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Fred L. Smith, Jr. is President and Founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market public policy group established in 1984. Mr. Smith combines intellectual and strategic analysis of complex policy issues ranging from the environment to corporate governance with an informative and entertaining presentation style. Well-known in academic and professional circles, Mr. Smith is a popular speaker at universities and conferences around the world.

Mr. Smith is also a frequent guest on national television and radio programs to discuss and debate regulatory initiatives and topical policy issues. Providing both analytical and political insights, he has appeared on CNN's “Crossfire,” PBS’s “News Hour with Jim Lehrer” and “Now with Bill Moyers,” ABC's “20/20” and “This Week,” NPR's “Talk of the Nation” and “The Diane Rehm Show,” and “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” among many others.

A prolific writer, Mr. Smith’s works have been published in leading newspapers and magazines such as the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Economic Affairs, and the Washington Times. His academic articles have appeared in journals such as Harvard Journal of Law and Economics, CATO Journal, and Economic Affairs, and he is a contributing editor to Liberty magazine. Mr. Smith is co-editor of Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards and the Field Guide for Effective Communication. He has also contributed chapters to more than a dozen books, including Global Warming and Other Eco-Myths, True State of the Planet, Corporate Aftershock: The Public Policy Lessons from the Collapse of Enron and Other Major Corporations, Solutions for an Environment in Peril, Market Liberalism: A Paradigm for the 21st Century, and Assessing the Reagan Years.

Before founding CEI, Mr. Smith served as Director of Government Relations for the Council for a Competitive Economy, as a senior economist for the Association of American Railroads, and for five years as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency. Currently, he sits on the Institute Turgot in Belgium. Mr. Smith holds a B.S. degree in Theoretical Mathematics and Political Science from Tulane University where he earned the Arts and Sciences Medal (Tulane’s highest academic award) and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has also done graduate work in mathematics and applied mathematical economics at Harvard, SUNY at Buffalo, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is married to Frances (Bivona) Smith.

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Adam is also a member of the Operating Committee of J.P. Morgan Securities, the J.P. Morgan Securities PM/PA Review Committee, the J.P. Morgan Global Wealth Management Investment Review Committee, the Private Banking Global Investment Performance Governance Committee and the New Business Initiative Approval Committee.

Adam joined Bear Stearns, which was renamed J.P. Morgan Securities, in 2001. Prior to that, he was an attorney at Schulte Roth & Zabel (1998-2001) and Sullivan & Cromwell (1993, 1994-1998), where his practice focused on representing high net worth clients and closely held businesses. He started his career as a law clerk to Judge Jacob Mishler of the Eastern District of New York (1993-1994).

Adam earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Please join us for the FPC's 1st event outside of New York City. Former Congressman and economist Jim Moody, and current DC Councilman Jack Evans, will be discussing their perspective on the role and effects of government on the economy, moderated by Davis Kennedy.

Jim Moody

Congressman Jim Moody was a 5-term Representative from Wisconsin who served on the Ways and Means Committee; with jurisdiction over all federal taxes, trade legislation, Medicare, Social Security, and the Pension Benefits Guarantee Board; as well as on the Public Works and Transportation and Interior Committees. Moody cosponsored the Russo-Moody bill for complete overhaul of the US health insurance system as well as bills to promote and liberalize US trade laws

Before being elected to Congress, Moody served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Moody earned his MPA at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1973. In 1995 Moody was appointed both Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the 90-member UN agency, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) headquartered in Rome, Italy, that lends $700–$800 million annually at concessional interests rates to 40+ developing countries. He was directly responsible for overseeing a $2.2 billion reserve fund investment portfolio. In 2005 was recruited to his current responsibilities as Senior Financial Adviser and Assistant Vice President at Merrill Lynch in Washington DC.

Currently, Moody is adjunct professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., and a resident scholar with the American University, Washington, D.C. Moody is a founder of the National Security Archives; has served on the US Committee for Economic Development, which seeks fiscally responsible US tax and spending policies; and is a resident of Bethesda, Md.

Jack Evans

Councilman Jack Evans serves on the DC Council and is Chair of Committee on Finance and Revenue. He is an attorney of counsel with Patton Boggs. previously, he worked as an attorney with the Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission. He received an economics degree with honors (cum laude) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1978.

Davis Kennedy (Moderator)

Born in Elkins, W.Va. Davis Kennedy grew up in Washington and San Diego, Calif. Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, with a major in economics. Kennedy spent the next two years in the Army in Germany, then spent a year working for a Bavarian bank before returning to the U.S. to work a year for U.S. Trust Co. of New York, which was then independent. Kennedy then attended Harvard Business School, and shortly after graduation became business editor of Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot. He then switched to The Sun of Baltimore as a Financial Advertising Manager and later Marketing Manager, then bought interest in Alexandria Port Packet, serving as it’s General Manager. He then purchased The Gaithersburg Gazette and turned it into a 14 newspaper chain in Montgomery County, MD, which was then sold to The Washington Post. With thoughts of retirement, he was easily persuaded to purchase Georgetown’s D.C.’s The Current Newspapers, where he currently serves as Editor and Publisher.

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Economics of Major Feature Films and the Sports Industry in an uncertain economy - By Allen Schwalb - Founder and President; Star Partners Inc.

Tuesday, 04 September 2012

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Allen Schwalb started in the entertainment business with his music career, as a singer in a number of successful rock n' roll singing groups, which had a number of top 10 hits. Mr. Schwalb was a financier of well known record companies, successful singing groups and individual singer/performers, such as Kiss, Donna Summer and others. Allen then helped finance several musical Broadway shows, including the smash hit "Annie'', and "The First", the life story of the great baseball player Jackie Robinson. For Mr. Schwalb's music business background, click here.

Mr. Schwalb is the Founder and President of Star Partners Inc., Star Sports and Entertainment, Inc., and General Partner of seven (7) successful Star Partners Partnerships in Joint Ventures with three (3) major motion picture film studios, Warner Bros, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA).

Allen Schwalb is currently on the Board of Directors of GOPOPS, Inc. now known as Star Partners Distribution Finance, Inc. a motion picture distribution financing company.

Mr. Schwalb was on the Board of Directors of Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment Inc. (CME), which developed "Stargate Worlds," a video game based upon the well known movie and long running TV series "Stargate."

“Allen’s experience with Hollywood and proven track record in fundraising will be invaluable as we grow our operation at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment. He picks winners and that gives us a lot of confidence moving forward" said CEO Tim Jenson

"Mr. Schwalb played a key role in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's (MGM) and United Artists' (UA) 1990's rebuilding effort when his company Star Partners, as partners with MGM/UA Inc in Joint Venture., financed the MGM/UA movies "Rocky V", the James Bond film "License to Kill", "Rain Man", "Moonstruck", "A Fish Called Wanda", "Thelma and Louise", "Overboard", "Roadhouse", and a dozen other well known films." –– "Variety"

In the 1980s, Allen raised more than one quarter(1/4) of a billion dollars ($250 million) when his company Star Partners, in partnership with Warner Brothers, financed more than 40 major motion pictures, including three Superman films, the James Bond film "Never Say Never Again", three Clint Eastwood films, "The Color Purple" and "The Right Stuff". His track record of success in the entertainment industry goes back to the late 1970s when he helped finance several Broadway shows, including the smash hit "Annie".

Mr. Schwalb is the Founder and President of Professional Sports Investments Inc. (PSI). He was the Founder, President and Owner of the Charlotte Rage, an Arena Football League (AFL) team, and was also a Founder and an Owner of the Orlando Predators AFL team.

Allen raises capital for the Orlando Predators, which plays it's home games in The Orlando Amway Center, the home of the Orlando Magic the newest and largest arena in the US.

Mr. Schwalb was Chairman of the Arena Football League's (AFL's) Public Relations Committee (for 6 years), Vice Chairman of the AFL's Expansion Committee (to acquire new team owners and investors in new cities) and the AFL's Finance and Administration Committee. His son, Philip Schwalb, was Chairman of the AFL's Legal & By-Laws Committee and was an officer (Secretary) of the AFL.

Allen and Philip Schwalb, raised $100 million to fund the Sports Museum of America (SMA), also known as the National Sports Museum (NSM), in New York City, the world's first and only interactive multimedia sports museum and hall of fame. It combined and celebrated all sports under one roof. SMA was the home of the Heisman Trophy and the Billie Jean King International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. See more about the Sports Museum of America on"YouTube." Allen is currently working on bringing the SMA to Orlando Florida.

Mr. Schwalb was a financial advisor to the OrlandoTitans of the National Lacrosse League (NLL), the leading professional indoor lacrosse league. The Titans were a championship-caliber team, which led the NLL Eastern Confrence for two (2) years. They played home games ln the Orlando Amway Arena.

Allen was an advisor for Arena Racing USA, the indoor arena sports league, which brings NASCAR type racing to indoor arenas around the USA. Arena Racing is the subject of an article with Mr. Schwalb in the Orlando Business Journal.

He was also an advisor for a startup professional football league, the United National Gridiron League (UNGL), a development league for the NFL. In an article in the Orlando Business Journal, Mr. Schwalb discussed the league. The article also mentions Allen's involvement with the Arena Racing League.

Mr. Schwalb is currently on the Board of Directors, and is a shareholder, of Millennium Sports Management (MSM), which was a public company. MSM owns and operates Skylands Park a twelve million dollar ($12,000,000) minor league baseball stadium, the surrounding property, sports complex and recreation center in New Jersey, near N.Y. City. The stadium has been leased to minor league baseball teams which play their home games there. The stadium is also utilized for college football, concerts and other events. There are also a couple of retail outlets located on the property.

Allen was an advisor and financial consultant to the Interstate Sports Academy (ISA), which opened in 2007 in N.Y. on Long Island. ISA is a Mecca for sports, athletics and recreational activities in the tri-state area. ISA offers athletes, residents, tourists and organizations, a venue and facility that meets their sports and entertainment needs.This includes sports leagues, camps, clinics, tournaments, fundraisers, dinners, educational seminars, business conferences and concerts. Over 5,000 people of all ages and genders come to, and use, the ISA facility weekly. Approximately 300 lacrosse and soccer teams, 60 basketball teams and 65 volleyball teams, as well as non-league participants in all of these sports, also use the ISA.

Allen was previously appointed Lifetime Honorary President of both the Executive Board of Directors and the Global Chairwomen of the Euro-American Women's Council (EAWC).

While working in the aerospace industry in the 1960s as a rocket scientist, he developed new rocket engine propulsion systems currently being utilized for space flight. He published many scientific articles and papers in prestigious science and technology journals.

A renaissance man, Mr. Schwalb has substantial experience and expertise in the investment, financial, technology, sports, and entertainment industries. He is a frequent speaker on investments to investment advisors, financial planners, stock brokers, accountants, attorneys and to women's groups and organizations. Mr. Schwalb has earned and holds five (5) Master’s Degrees in several fields including business, engineering, finance, science and technology, and management.

Allen Schwalb, financier for more than seventy (70) Hollywood major motion picture studio films, Broadway shows, and professional sports team franchises, has an impressive list of successful sports and entertainment investments.

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He is the Author of Minyanville’s Housing Market Report which provides never-seen-before data, charts, and graphs that enable investors and homeowners to make smarter decisions. His recent in-depth reports on NYC and Long Island revealed shocking details about the enormous overhand of seriously delinquent properties which will sooner-or-later cause home prices in the NYC metro to plunge.

Keith is a former senior economic writer for the Holt Investment Advisory of Westport, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Cornell University, received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School in Manhattan, and taught on the undergraduate level for more than a decade.

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The Budget Deficit and How to Deal With It - By Congresswoman Nan Hayworth

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Congresswoman Nan Hayworth is a doctor, mother, businesswoman, and community leader turned public servant, Nan Hayworth represents New York's 19th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress.

The daughter of an immigrant, Nan believes passionately in American exceptionalism. She is a fiscal conservative because it is free enterprise that has enabled generations of Americans to thrive throughout our history.

As a Member of Congress, Nan views reining in unsustainable levels of federal spending as a crucial priority for the 112th Congress. She is a strong proponent of broad tax reform and regulatory relief. Nan's medical background gives her a role in crafting new health care policy that improves affordability and access to care while sustaining the choice, quality, and innovation that characterize the best of American medicine.

Nan serves on the House Financial Services Committee, which is important to the economy of her district and New York State. During the 112th Congress, the Financial Services Committee is focusing on repealing unnecessary and burdensome provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and ensuring that the benefits of regulations issued pursuant to the Act do not outweigh costs. Nan and her colleagues on the Committee are also reducing barriers to capital formation in an effort to revive the economy and create jobs. Towards these ends, she has sponsored legislation repealing unnecessary government burdens on business and amending laws governing derivatives.

Keith Crane is director of the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development program at the RAND Corporation. In addition to working on issues within this program, he is also engaged in issues pertaining to China, Iraq, Iran, the Middle East, the transition economies of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and post-conflict nation building.

Mr. Crane was a member of the Afghan Study Group in 2007 and in 2006 served on the Economy and Reconstruction Working Group for the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group. In Fall 2003, he served as an economic policy advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. Crane writes extensively on transition issues in policy and academic journals and briefs high-level decision makers.

Mr. Crane was an adjunct professor in the Department of Economics at Georgetown University in 2001–2002 and in the George Mason University public policy program between 1998 and 2000.

He has also served as a faculty member of the RAND-UCLA Center for the Study of Soviet International Behavior and as a Fulbright Professor at the Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw, Poland.

The fiscal conservative path to energy security by Gal Luft - Executive Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington based think tank focused on energy security. He specializes in strategy, geopolitics, energy security, natural resources and economic warfare. Newsweek Magazine called him a "tireless and independent advocate of energy security," the business magazine Poder called him "one of the most recognizable figures in modern energy and security issues," and Esquire Magazine included him in its 2007 list of America's Best and Brightest.

Dr. Luft has published numerous studies and articles on security and energy issues in various newspapers and publications such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, Commentary Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, LA Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. He is co-author of Energy Security Challenges for the 21st Century (2009) and Turning Oil into Salt: Energy Independence Through Fuel Choice (2009.) He is author of Beer, Bacon and Bullets: Culture in Coalition Warfare from Gallipoli to Iraq.

He appears frequently in the media and consults to various think tanks and news organizations worldwide.

Dr. Luft testified before committees of the U.S. Congress, and advised presidential candidates and members of Congress. He is a senior adviser to the United States Energy Security Council and a founding member of the Technology and Rare Earth Metals Center.

He holds degrees in international relations, international economics, Middle East studies and strategic studies and a doctorate in strategic studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS,) Johns Hopkins University.

Thinking about the Future by Herb London - President Emeritus; Hudson Institute.

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Herbert I. London is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and President Emeritus of the Hudson Institute.

Dr. London served as Hudson Institute's President from December 1997 to March 2011. He is professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University.

Dr. London was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. This school was organized to promote the study of "great books" and classic texts.

Dr. London is a graduate of Columbia University, 1960 and the recipient of a Ph.D. from New York University, 1966. He is a noted social critic whose work has appeared in every major newspaper and journal in the country and is the author and editor of twenty-four books.

Throughout her nearly sixteen‐year career, Ms. Constance Hunter has honed her ability to pick a needle from the economic haystack of data, synthesizing information to identify turning points for economies or markets.

Ms. Hunter is currently a Managing Director and the Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital. Prior to joining Aladdin, she was with Galtere Ltd., a global macro hedge fund, where she served as a Chief Economist.

Prior to and concurrently with, Galtere Ltd., she was the Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Coronat Asset Management. In that role, Ms. Hunter identified macro themes and invested in global equity and FX markets to capitalize on these themes.

Prior to founding Coronat, Ms. Hunter was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Quantrarian Capital Management, a hedge fund that invests in Asian markets. In addition, she has worked as a Portfolio at Firebird Management, LLC after starting her career as an economist at Chase Manhattan Bank in Foreign Exchange.

Ms. Hunter received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University, as well as a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University.

Ms. Hunter is a regular guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, as well as being quoted in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Forbes and The New York Times to name a few.

Ms. Hunter is a member of the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) and the Chair of the International Roundtable for NABE. She is also a member of The New York Association of Business Economics, a member of Money Marketeers, Network 20/20 and of 100 Women in Hedge Funds.

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How the Coming GOP-Tea Party Civil War Over the National Debt Will Imperil the Economic Recovery by John LeBoutillier -Political columnist NEWSMAX.COM

Thursday, 07 April 2011

6:00-8:00 pm

A life-long resident of Westbury, Long Island, John LeBoutillier was born in Glen Cove, New York on May 26, 1953.

A 1976 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College with a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, LeBoutillier used his college experience as the basis of his book, Harvard Hates America. Lecturer and author, LeBoutillier has since written numerous articles which have appeared on the New York Times Op-Ed Page, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and in major publications throughout the nation.

He first rose to national prominence in 1974 when, at the age of 21 and a sophomore at Harvard, he raised over a quarter million dollars for Leo Thorsness, a former P.O.W., in a South Dakota Senate race against George McGovern.

In 1976 he served as regional coordinator, responsible for all field activities, in New Jersey for Gerald Ford’s presidential campaign.

Elected on November 4, 1980 to represent New York’s 6th District, LeBoutillier was the youngest member of the 97th Congress. During that time he served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and , as a member of the Special House POW/MIA Task Force pressed for continuing investigation to determine the fate of 2,500 Americans still unaccounted for in Indochina.

Since leaving Congress in 1983, LeBoutillier has run the Sky Hook II Project, a privately funded group dedicated to recovering living American Prisoners of War held against their will in Southeast Asia. Sky Hook II has over 50, 000 American supporters. Its purposes are to gather on-the-ground human intelligence throughout Laos and Vietnam and to educate the American public about the POW issue.

Since 1983, Mr. LeBoutillier has journeyed to Southeast Asia many times, including two trips to Vietnam as the guest of the Hanoi government, to discuss a solution to the POW problem.

In 1989 LeBoutillier authored Vietnam Now; A Case for Normalizing Relations with Hanoi published by Praeger Publishers.

In 1981 Mr. LeBoutillier conducted the first American television interview with Alexander Solzhinitsyn on NBC’s TOMORROW SHOW. Also in late 1981, Congressman LeBoutillier interviewed President Reagan from his ranch on WMCA radio on Thanksgiving afternoon.

In 1984 Mr. LeBoutillier conducted the first live radio interview with former President Richard M. Nixon for the ABC Talk Radio Network in a three-hour ABC Special Presentation.

From 1983- 1989, Mr. LeBoutillier was the primary substitute at WMCA Radio for radio hosts Barry Gray and Bob Grant. He also had his own Sunday morning show on WPLJ. He has also hosted shows on WABC.

In 2010, Mr. LeBoutillier co-authored THE OBAMA IDENTITY; A Novel (Or Is It?) with Ed Klein.

In December 2010, LeBoutillier joined with noted Canadian broadcaster, Arlene Bynon, to launch BYNON/LEBOUTILLIER, the first international talk radio show, airing simultaneously on WABC Talk Radio in New York City and AM640 in Toronto and airing in the United Kingdom.

Mr. LeBoutillier is a political columnist for NEWSMAX.COM and his columns also appear at www.JohnLeBout.com

A professional trader with over 40 years experience in the stock, bond, futures, commodities, and currency markets, Victor Sperandeo has successfully invested through approximately seven bull and seven bear market cycles. He has traded independently for, among others, George Soros, Leon Cooperman and BT Alex Brown.

Investment banks and financial institutions in over 15 countries worldwide have licensed Victor's firm AFT's indexes. As of June 2010, there is approximately $3 billion invested globally in products utilizing AFT's indexes.

Mr. Sperandeo has received two patents in the U.S., two in the Bahamas, and one in Australia on financial products using long/short algorithmic indicators or indices in conjunction with leverage, which add alpha while simultaneously reducing risk.

Mr. Sperandeo is also recognized for his futures market trading expertise and has for some time implemented a number of successful strategies that are designed to profit from futures price trends. He created the Diversified Trends Indicator™, which is an evolution of these strategies. It is a rules-based, investable trading methodology incorporating a diversified group of highly liquid, exchange-traded commodity and financial futures contracts, reflecting market expectations of near-term and future price movements.

He has been featured twice in Barron’s — “Man of all Markets” and “Trader Vic the Ultimate Wall Street Pro” where he gained the nickname Trader Vic and correctly called the 1987 crash three weeks before it happened — and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and Stocks & Commodities.

Among other career highlights, Victor is the author of three acclaimed books: Trader Vic — Methods of a Wall Street Master, Trader Vic II — Principles of Professional Speculation, and Trader Vic on Commodities: What’s Unknown, Misunderstood, and Too Good To Be True and is featured in the books Super Traders, and New Market Wizard. In 2008, he was inducted into the Trader Hall of Fame. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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Wreckonomics: U.S. Fiscal Policy at Work by Professor Burton A. Abrams - Ph.D, University of Delaware

Thursday, 24 February 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Burton A. Abrams received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he was trained in Banking and Monetary Policy. Currently, he is a Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware.He has been awarded Fulbright Professorships to The People’s Republic of China (Nankai University), South Africa (The University of the Western Cape) and Croatia (University of Split). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, served as a visiting economist at the Federal Trade Commission and was a National Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

Professor Abrams has published nearly forty papers in refereed professional journals including Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Public Choice and the National Tax Journal. His articles have also appeared in The Economists’ Voice, The Milken Institute Review, the Asian Wall Street Journal and Reason Magazine. His research has been mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other major media outlets. He is the author of Return to Animal Farm (McGraw-Hill Custom; also translated and published in Turkey). His research includes topics concerning banking regulation, determinants of economic growth and public choice. His teaching concentrates on banking, macroeconomics and international economics.

He is completing work on a book, tentatively titled WRECKONOMICS. The book details the ten worst American economic policies in the past 100 years.

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Entry: $125 per person

Location: The NY Historical Society Library at 5 West 76th Street. (Due to construction; the main entrance is currently under renovation; please utilize the Loading dock entrance.)

Event was attended by around 70 of the most prominent members in the New York financial services community including G. Chris Andersen from Andersen Partners, Alan Patricof from Greycroft Partners, David Ying from Evercore Partners, Steve Norris from Gulf Capital Partners and many more private equity, hedge funds and other Wall Street senior executives.